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Trump Confirms Republican Frontrunner Status in Iowa Triumph

Donald Trump has won a landslide victory in the Iowa caucus, cementing his status as the clear frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The Iowa caucus was the first step for Republicans in choosing a candidate to take on...

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Ousted by Own Party

On Tuesday, US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted by hard-right members of his own Republican party less than a year after his election. It is the first time in US history that a speaker of the House has been...

Eminem Asks Republican to Stop Rapping His Songs

Rap star Eminem has asked aspiring Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his songs. The letter comes more than a week after the biotech entrepreneur delivered an impromptu performance of "Lose Yourself" at the Iowa State Fair. https://twitter.com/piratafm1/status/1690908437087916032 Eminem made...

Biden’s State of the Union Address Interrupted by Republican Boos

President Joe Biden delivered an optimistic message in his annual State of the Union address but several Republicans booed and heckled interrupting his speech. Delivering what was widely viewed as a test run for his reelection announcement, Biden claimed credit...

Republicans Win Back the House at the US Midterm Elections

Republicans narrowly won back the majority in the House of Representatives at the US midterm elections held last week. They have secured the 218 seats needed for a majority in the lower chamber of Congress as a handful of seats...

Republican Malliotakis and Democrat Sarbanes Win Re-Election Bids

Two Greek-American House Representatives have been re-elected in the 2022 U.S. midterms. The first, New York Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, won against former Democratic Rep. Max Rose in a rematch between the two. The second, Democratic Rep. John Sarbanes, was reelected...

U.S. Midterm Elections: Republicans Projected to Win House, Senate Too Close To Call

In the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, the Republicans are projected to win the House of Representatives. The Senate is too close to call. Still, the Democrats may lose some seats but have done much to strengthen their hold on the...

Republicans ‘Do Not Support’ Sale of F-16s to Turkey, Rep. Bilirakis Says

Greek-American Congressman Gus Bilirakis, (R-FL) said on Wednesday that Republicans have not supported the F-16 sale to Turkey, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed. According to Reuters, Erdogan who is in New York for the UN General Assembly meeting, said...

Trump Remains Top Republican Fundraiser Despite Losing Election

Donald Trump has amassed $102 million in cash reserves, an astounding amount for the former president who lost his bid for re-election last year. Trump has reportedly received $3.2 million in donations to his political committees in 2021 alone. Trump...

Is Malliotakis the Anti-AOC Republicans Needed in New York?

The election of Republican Greek-American Nicole Malliotakis, the Staten Island native who will represent the state's 11th District, is seen by many as an antidote to the leftist political positions taken by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, usually referred to by...

Philip Nicozisis: Meet the Republican Who Wants to Make America Vegan Again

Greek-American Philip Nicozisis, a prominent Palm Beach entrepreneur and author, is a devoted Republican, an admirer of President Trump and also a vegan. To many this may sound an odd combination, but Nicozisis tells Greek Reporter that  republican values are...

Republican Congressman Gus Bilirakis Condemns Turkish President’s Comments

Florida Greek-American Republican congressman Gus Bilirakis has joined prominent Greeks around the world in denouncing Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comments in Athens, about a renegotiation of the 1923 Lausanne treaty, ruling relations between Greece and Turkey. As Co-Chair of...

Archbishop Demetrios Offers Prayer at the Republican National Convention

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC6P8vS_tuE Archbishop Demetrios, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, offered a prayer at the the Republican National Convention. The benediction came after the remarks of Donald Trump's running mate, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana.

Noam Chomsky: The Republican Base Is ‘Out of Control’

The 2016 US presidential election is shaping up to be a fascinating contest between reactionaries (Donald Trump and Ted Cruz), pro-establishment figures (Hillary Clinton) and a progressive of a selective kind (Bernie Sanders). The candidates' views span a political...